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Diagram showing Landsat's sun-synchronous orbit around a globe with latitude and longitude grid lines. The satellite is depicted at two positions: at the North Pole at 12:30 PM local time and at the South Pole at 9:42 AM local time. The orbit is shown at a 99° inclination relative to the equatorial plane, with an arrow indicating Earth's rotation direction.

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Diagram showing Landsat's sun-synchronous orbit around a globe with latitude and longitude grid lines. The satellite is depicted at two positions: at the North Pole at 12:30 PM local time and at the South Pole at 9:42 AM local time. The orbit is shown at a 99° inclination relative to the equatorial plane, with an arrow indicating Earth's rotation direction.

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